Public library begins summer programs
The Homewood Public Library is Racing into Reading this summer with the Summer Reading Kick-Off and Foundation Fun Run event May 26 at 6 p.m.
The Race into Reading Fun Run (ages birth through fifth grade and families) requires online registration. Entry fee is $10 for an individual and $20 for a family (limit of four), which includes entry into a raffle for family prizes.
Runners will start in the library parking lot with a Zumba dance warmup workout, then take off for a 1-mile fun run through the neighborhoods of Homewood, returning to the library to play in the bouncy house, purchase dinner from a local food truck and sign up for summer reading.
For the first time, Homewood’s summer reading program will be online this year at homewood.beanstack.org. Readers will still pick up the printed reading log at the desk, but now they can track their books online and get book suggestions, too.
Other library programming this summer includes three storytime opportunities for the younger patrons, with Ms. Mary on Monday mornings for Move & Groove Storytime at 10:30 a.m., Ms. Mandy on Wednesdays with Storytime All Stars, and Ms. Laura every other Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. for B Ready Boot Camp.
Tuesday morning programs, at 10:30 a.m., offer a variety of fun from the Birmingham Zoo, The Buddy Bowl, Water Play Day, Aesop’s Fantastic Fables puppet show, Ronald McDonald, Tom Foolery, LEGO Olympics and Miss Kit’s Bubble School. Thursday nights will include Family Game Night, Iron Giant Percussion, Ninja Night, Super Science Show, Birmingham Zoo, Ballet Night, Science of Sports and Lew-E’s Reading Olympics.
Fitness Friday programs at 10:30 a.m. include Molly Makes You Mighty, Zumbatomic and Hoop for Fitness. There will also be plenty of activities for teens at the Homewood Public Library during June and July. Rising middle and high schoolers can participate in 35 events including Henna Tattoo Art and a Hula Hoop Dance Party.
The Teen Summer Program will kick off on Monday, June 6 at 6:30 p.m. with Food Wars, where teens must battle it out to see who can make the tastiest creations. Teens will have the opportunity to win weekly prize bags, and one will win a $200 gift card.
Starting June 6, for every three teen materials (books, graphic novels, audiobooks and/or Nooks) checked out from the Homewood Public Library, teens will receive one entry for the summer prize drawings. The last day to enter is July 26.
Full summer program calendars are available at homewoodpubliclibrary.org.
For more information about the Children’s Summer Reading Program, contact Laura Tucker at 332-6616 or ltucker@bham.lib.al.us. For questions about the Teen Summer Program, please contact Judith Wright at 332-6622 or at jrwright@bham.lib.al.us.
– Submitted by the Homewood Public Library.